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and cantor has the ties with the tea party and boehner lays out his proposal for more revenue and steve stone breeze, who is the chief of staff to eric cantor, who is in touch with the tea partyers to say the least, i ask, how many votes do you think you could get for that additional revenue and the speaker says about 170. and he says to him, "you are crazy." that is not something you see very often wear a staffer tells the speaker to his face that he is crazy. kantor essentially agrees and they conclude. they only get about 50 votes for the additional revenue proposal. and this is when boehner essentially calls off any further negotiations or deal with the white house. so the force, the tea party is explicit and real. host: democratic line, institute, west virginia. caller: in west virginia, we had a governor who had a congress or house and a senate that would not work with him. therefore, he was not able to do any thing in the state of west virginia. what i have seen is a duplicate of that with this congress. this congress has failed to do exactly what they have sworn to do and that i
and cantor has the ties with the tea party and boehner lays out his proposal for more revenue and steve stone breeze, who is the chief of staff to eric cantor, who is in touch with the tea partyers to say the least, i ask, how many votes do you think you could get for that additional revenue and the speaker says about 170. and he says to him, "you are crazy." that is not something you see very often wear a staffer tells the speaker to his face that he is crazy. kantor essentially...
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boehner did call and said he was backing out. one of the aides who work with them for years said he was spewing coals like a furnace in the oval office that day. the worry was the president was so furious when he was on the phone that he would literally break the phone. scott pelley asked if he was in a phone-breaking mood. the president said he was very angry. host: you write about it lack of deference on the democratic side, too. why do you think that is? guest: a lot has to do with harry reid, who goes to a meeting with the president on a sunday night at 6:00 p.m. go to the meeting and you can see what happens. one of the most interesting meetings i've ever reported on. harry reid has developed a plan with the republicans. he turns it over to his chief of staff who sits in the oval office and reads out the president and said, i'm disappointed in this white house and in you, that you did not have a plan b. they did not have a plan b. afterwards, there were arriving back from the white house and said, you did a good job. the pre
boehner did call and said he was backing out. one of the aides who work with them for years said he was spewing coals like a furnace in the oval office that day. the worry was the president was so furious when he was on the phone that he would literally break the phone. scott pelley asked if he was in a phone-breaking mood. the president said he was very angry. host: you write about it lack of deference on the democratic side, too. why do you think that is? guest: a lot has to do with harry...
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we will hear from speaker boehner next. we will also get reaction from democratic house members and senators and later, a news conference with the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. >> our first experience was to come in a different way than every family up here. after dad was sworn in, we took a picture of the family behind the oval office desk. that night, we did not get to move into the white house because nixon have left so quickly, they left their doctor -- daughter and son in law to pack all their clothes and belongings. we had to go back to our little house in alexandria, virginia. the neighborhood was surrounded by secret service. we had in the boehner -- we had been living there. that night, mom was cooking dinner. we were sitting around the dinner table and she looks over at my dad and goes jerry, something is wrong here. he just became president of the united states and i am still cooking. [laughter] >> steve ford, general and barbara bush on growing up in the white house. part of four days from american his
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will this cost john boehner his -- more than the leadership of john boehner? will this cost john brennan his speakership? guest: boehner said the members were not angry with him. they were not showing dissatisfaction with him. one of the other things about that was that standing next to him at the press conference was eric cantor. that was a clear sign that these guys are tied together and eric cantor is not ready to unseat john brennan. there was a lot of symbolism in that press conference. -- ready to unseat john boehner. if he goes back and stars to negotiate with president obama and tries to bring back the deal at this conference cannot accept again, the danger to him does arise. from what i was told thursday night, he gave a well-received speech to the conference. he said, i did not have the votes. his speech was well-received by them. he is well liked by those members. as of right now, he is not in in any immediate danger right now. depending on -- he is not in any immediate danger right now. host: will call on our line for independents. caller: i have h
will this cost john boehner his -- more than the leadership of john boehner? will this cost john brennan his speakership? guest: boehner said the members were not angry with him. they were not showing dissatisfaction with him. one of the other things about that was that standing next to him at the press conference was eric cantor. that was a clear sign that these guys are tied together and eric cantor is not ready to unseat john brennan. there was a lot of symbolism in that press conference. --...
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boehner." we will focus more on that issue and issues facing latino voters later on in today's "washington journal." we will go to the democrat line. ida from longwood, florida. what is the most import issue for you in the second term? caller: the most apparent issue that the news wanted to think is the fiscal cliff. it is interesting the word fiscal cliff is a cliche for "how much money is going to be taken out of the $150 million ira's of mr. romney." understand that the fiscal cliff was imposed by bush to keep the tax benefits for the rich in place. and then in a compromise, obama continued those for another year. because in 2008 there were supposed to run out. nobody is talking about the compromise that he made not to actually bring the the 2008 provisions into place. we have four things we're looking at. they can lead that policy continue. t policycan let tha tpoli continue. some say it will increase spending cuts and will weigh heavily on growth and possibly drive the economy back into a
boehner." we will focus more on that issue and issues facing latino voters later on in today's "washington journal." we will go to the democrat line. ida from longwood, florida. what is the most import issue for you in the second term? caller: the most apparent issue that the news wanted to think is the fiscal cliff. it is interesting the word fiscal cliff is a cliche for "how much money is going to be taken out of the $150 million ira's of mr. romney." understand that...
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so let boehner be boehner. host: the tax code, changes to the overall tax code next year. how likely is that? guest: i think it's likely. it won't be immediate. you want to get it right as you possibly can but that's a leverage point for john boehner. let's not focus on the latesth rates, we know there are all these other areas where we can begin to grab revenue and pull it back into the government. and i think that's going to give him some leverage but he's going to need that leverage going into this and not be second guessed. host: our first call is from maryland but i want to put this on the table. is michael steele interested in running for governor in 2014? guest: i don't know. i love my state. it's where i was born and i'm not happy with what i see there. a lot of frustration. we've had a lot of spending in the state and a lot of tax increases and i think people are looking for something that is going to be a little different. it's a tough state and -- host: tough state for a republican? guest: tough state for a republican and it's one of those opportunities you have
so let boehner be boehner. host: the tax code, changes to the overall tax code next year. how likely is that? guest: i think it's likely. it won't be immediate. you want to get it right as you possibly can but that's a leverage point for john boehner. let's not focus on the latesth rates, we know there are all these other areas where we can begin to grab revenue and pull it back into the government. and i think that's going to give him some leverage but he's going to need that leverage going...
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boehner is not. boehner took note of the tea party wave, and knew that he could be crushed by a or service. serve it, he did. but the freshmen are well aware he is not of that movement and the tension has been present throughout the legislative session. host: we will put the numbers back on the screen. we are talking to robert draper, and this is his new book "do not ask what good we do -- inside the u.s. house of representatives." what is the role that allen west plays in the freshman class? guest: equal opportunity offender, i think, more than anything. west is, without question, the most famous of the 87 freshmen. he was a tea party sensation before he was ever elected because in 2009 he gave this so- called bail net speech in which he did -- bayonet speech in which he exhorted his audience to pick up the bayonets and charge the enemy to victory but i think you opportunity offender because although qwest is a reluctant tea party freshman, i should mention he is from the fort lauderdale area of flo
boehner is not. boehner took note of the tea party wave, and knew that he could be crushed by a or service. serve it, he did. but the freshmen are well aware he is not of that movement and the tension has been present throughout the legislative session. host: we will put the numbers back on the screen. we are talking to robert draper, and this is his new book "do not ask what good we do -- inside the u.s. house of representatives." what is the role that allen west plays in the...
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i want to ask you specifically about characterized john boehner and mccarthy starting with john boehner. >> john boehner was not the obvious choice to be leading this kind of tea party class. he can see the tea party phenomenon for the freight train it was pitch elected to be on the freight train rather than under. he campaigned heavily. he believed that this presented the republicans and america. this of be a perfect recipe for entitlement reform. the cannot walk away from it. he believed he could leverage the deep conservatism of the tea party into action. he has failed to do so. the tea party freshmen with whom i spent a great deal of time do not like him personal and found him admiral in the way of a general ceo. certainly not as their real leader. that has been implicitly clear throughout the 112th congress. eric kanter is a bit different. he is younger than john boehner. he is a very clever guy. he has his own channel interesting in the obama white house. i think they have found that they need each other a as of information sources. i believe it was joe biden that was leaking to e
i want to ask you specifically about characterized john boehner and mccarthy starting with john boehner. >> john boehner was not the obvious choice to be leading this kind of tea party class. he can see the tea party phenomenon for the freight train it was pitch elected to be on the freight train rather than under. he campaigned heavily. he believed that this presented the republicans and america. this of be a perfect recipe for entitlement reform. the cannot walk away from it. he...
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boehner bay -- mr. boehner offered a million dollars and the president moved his direction, the direction of mr. boehner to raising tax rates of income for hundred thousand dollars or more and threw in something as i said earlier that democrats really do not like, the change in the cpi for social security and cuts as well. that is the last offer on the table. that has been the object -- rejected to date by republicans. we can argue about whether the president has rejected offers but clearly the last offer at the table is the president's offer and it was moving toward republican position. everyone assumed it was negotiation and the republican leadership will come -- would come back with something else but instead of talking, the walk. host: the threshold now $400,000 for households, $1.20 trillion in federal spending and changing the inflation measure for future social security benefit increases. a general outline of the president's proposal. laura is joining us from florida. independent line. caller: go
boehner bay -- mr. boehner offered a million dollars and the president moved his direction, the direction of mr. boehner to raising tax rates of income for hundred thousand dollars or more and threw in something as i said earlier that democrats really do not like, the change in the cpi for social security and cuts as well. that is the last offer on the table. that has been the object -- rejected to date by republicans. we can argue about whether the president has rejected offers but clearly the...
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the president was waiting for a call from boehner. boehner would not call him back. he said he was trying to work out a deal with the leaders. the next day, the president calls the congressional leaders to the white house and saturday morning, 11:00 a.m., the congressional leaders asked him to leave the meeting. the president said he was not going to stand on protocol as they tried to work a deal at the white house. it work for a while. harry reid backed away from the congressional deal and joined forces with the president. it is in the details that the decisions and the negotiations hung. host: lydia from illinois. go ahead. lydia, are you there? go ahead. caller: good morning. it was noted that reporters -- i think that's what you're doing. it is out there. newt gingrich devised the strategy of transforming the house as a way to drive the national agenda. it was outlined in a book in 2009 when newt gingrich was part of a group that met and devise a process to obstruct. mr. boehner was one of the key lieutenants. his following the process. i'm waiting for you. i wan
the president was waiting for a call from boehner. boehner would not call him back. he said he was trying to work out a deal with the leaders. the next day, the president calls the congressional leaders to the white house and saturday morning, 11:00 a.m., the congressional leaders asked him to leave the meeting. the president said he was not going to stand on protocol as they tried to work a deal at the white house. it work for a while. harry reid backed away from the congressional deal and...
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. >> speaker boehner has said repeatedly contrary to what most people thought, the biggest problem in the republican, prince -- republican conference is not the freshman. it is the senior members to keep pushing for more and are never satisfied. do you consider yourself one of those members? is that a point of pride for you? >> republican study committee is to push. that is our mission. that is why we are here. remember what the 2010 elections were about. they were not about us coming here and getting along with president obama or working out deals with harry reid. the elections were about stopping the obama agenda, stopping health care, stopping the uncontrolled spending, stopping the tax increases. that is why the voters sent me here with this huge class of freshmen. our job is to stop them. the speaker has done a good job in a tough situation. it may be the toughest job in america right now, what speaker boehner house to do when he has to deal with harry reid and the white house. it is a tough job. i would say he has handled it well. >> what have you learned along the way? you have
. >> speaker boehner has said repeatedly contrary to what most people thought, the biggest problem in the republican, prince -- republican conference is not the freshman. it is the senior members to keep pushing for more and are never satisfied. do you consider yourself one of those members? is that a point of pride for you? >> republican study committee is to push. that is our mission. that is why we are here. remember what the 2010 elections were about. they were not about us...
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john boehner has given in too much. they may have won the presidency and the senate, but the republicans won the house, and that asays a lot. because the house controls the money. i think the debt ceiling should stay. they should not allow the president to have it. as far as social security, there are 66 million people on social security, only 14.5 million are retirees. a lot of the rest is welfare. we spend probably $1.50 trillion all together with food stamps and all these checks that we send out every month. we are going to have to cut some of that, i know. the debt ceiling should stay with the house. host: talk about the role of the senate. you have talked about republicans winning the house and retaining control of the house and democrats won the senate. caller: the house has passed a bill and sent it to the senate. harry reid will not let them get to the floor. i think the senate needs to look at harry reid and say, listen, if you are not going to look at these bills, then we will put someone else in your place an
john boehner has given in too much. they may have won the presidency and the senate, but the republicans won the house, and that asays a lot. because the house controls the money. i think the debt ceiling should stay. they should not allow the president to have it. as far as social security, there are 66 million people on social security, only 14.5 million are retirees. a lot of the rest is welfare. we spend probably $1.50 trillion all together with food stamps and all these checks that we send...
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i give john boehner a lot of credit. he is trying so hard to make the president understand that we cannot spend what we do not have and we cannot keep borrowing. i do not know why that is so hard for anybody to understand it. you have to keep in mind since the president has been in office, we have not had a balanced budget. i think most people will agree that in every home that is run properly, you need a budget and the government needs a budget. you cannot just keep running and borrowing to do everything you want to do. the american people are sick of it. they need to get together and decide what they are going to do. they need to get a balanced budget. they need to quit spending what they do not have. and they need to get this thing done before the end of the year. host: thank you for the call. from our facebook page -- join us on our facebook page. a couple of other editorials we want to share with you. from "the new york post." on the other side from "the washington post." beverly is joining us from illinois on the d
i give john boehner a lot of credit. he is trying so hard to make the president understand that we cannot spend what we do not have and we cannot keep borrowing. i do not know why that is so hard for anybody to understand it. you have to keep in mind since the president has been in office, we have not had a balanced budget. i think most people will agree that in every home that is run properly, you need a budget and the government needs a budget. you cannot just keep running and borrowing to do...
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speaker boehner countered with another offer. and lawmakers were expressing pessimism that a deal was close leading kevin mccarthy to say, i think it is getting worse and not better. stock futures are higher as investors wait for news on whether the federal reserve will announce a new stimulus plan today. regulators have launched three rounds of quantitative easing since the crisis hit. ben bernanke will be held in news conference and you could hear live right here on c-span radio. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. [video clip] >> the white house was very controversial. l'enfant designed washington city. there was a competition and he submitted the design for a palace. americans were not having a palace. it was not particularly awe- inspiring. in fact, in 1821, a european diplomat told the congress that it was neither large nor awe- inspiring. but the answer the congressman gave said the building served its purpose. if it were larger and more elegant, perhaps some president would be inclined to become its pe
speaker boehner countered with another offer. and lawmakers were expressing pessimism that a deal was close leading kevin mccarthy to say, i think it is getting worse and not better. stock futures are higher as investors wait for news on whether the federal reserve will announce a new stimulus plan today. regulators have launched three rounds of quantitative easing since the crisis hit. ben bernanke will be held in news conference and you could hear live right here on c-span radio. those are...
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the president was waiting for a call from boehner. boehner would not call him back. he said he was trying to work out a deal with the leaders. the next day, the president calls the congressional leaders to the white house and saturday morning, 11:00 a.m., the congressional leaders asked him to leave the meeting. the president said he was not going to stand on protocol as they tried to work a deal at the white house. it work for a while. harry reid backed away from the congressional deal and joined forces with the president. it is in the details that the decisions and the negotiations hung. host: lydia from illinois. go ahead. lydia, are you there? go ahead. caller: good morning. it was noted that reporters --cy things that they can include in books later on, which is what you're doing. newt gingrich devised the strategy outlined in that reporting of confining the house to the right of drawing up an agenda. the obstruction process was also outlined in a book, january 20, 2009, when newt gingrich was part of a group that met and devised a policy to obstruct. one of the
the president was waiting for a call from boehner. boehner would not call him back. he said he was trying to work out a deal with the leaders. the next day, the president calls the congressional leaders to the white house and saturday morning, 11:00 a.m., the congressional leaders asked him to leave the meeting. the president said he was not going to stand on protocol as they tried to work a deal at the white house. it work for a while. harry reid backed away from the congressional deal and...
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john boehner once and jim clyburn twice. that's it. i think there were 40 basketball games that are known and he played, there were ten members in one game and that's it. and go around -- go around to members -- there are democratic house offices of not freshmen or sophomore that's have never had a single white house official walk across the threshold. and now let's say the president is 100% committed to getting a bunt deal through, a grand bargain. but have you to ask yourself, even if his intentions are absolutely the best and even if he's absolutely committed to it, he is going to have to change the whole way he operates 100%. a democratic lobbyist friend of mine said the motto of the white house seems to be no new friends. [laughter] and so i mean i'm the long-term optimist and short-term pessimist. but we will see. >> and the difference between bill clinton and barack obama is bill clinton wants any new friend he could find and that's part of the reason he was so successful politically and this president has a different way of ope
john boehner once and jim clyburn twice. that's it. i think there were 40 basketball games that are known and he played, there were ten members in one game and that's it. and go around -- go around to members -- there are democratic house offices of not freshmen or sophomore that's have never had a single white house official walk across the threshold. and now let's say the president is 100% committed to getting a bunt deal through, a grand bargain. but have you to ask yourself, even if his...
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you see that in the way he talks about speaker john boehner. not that they were really at odds personally, but he is pretty confident in the speaker's leadership. he would not even venture a guess as to whether the speaker would not be the speaker next year if the republicans hold power. he has confidence for him in that respect. it is interesting what he was saying about the election. he is a hard-core conservative guy who is not ready to endorse romney. marco rubio, as senator from florida, has recently come out and supported romney. he is saying similar what we have heard from jim demint, that he is comfortable with him. >> and that is because republicans are, above all else, desirous of replacing the president. they can work with him to oust barack obama. you can kind of read between the lines and listen between the lines of what these members are saying. even jim demint, the very conservative south carolina senator, is giving a wink and a nod to romney despite the fact that a lot of them have enormous misgivings about his waffling is about
you see that in the way he talks about speaker john boehner. not that they were really at odds personally, but he is pretty confident in the speaker's leadership. he would not even venture a guess as to whether the speaker would not be the speaker next year if the republicans hold power. he has confidence for him in that respect. it is interesting what he was saying about the election. he is a hard-core conservative guy who is not ready to endorse romney. marco rubio, as senator from florida,...
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that means john boehner falling on the grenade. you could do that but when you have eric cantor and kevin mccarthy eager to reach underbelly and pull the pans on that grenade, and it's a little -- it makes it a little bit harder. you will not have a unified leadership to support this. bush took me most about statements on election lee -- election eve is what barack obama said. i want to sit down with mitt romney to see how we can work together to find that common ground. my guess is that mitt romney did not receive that statement with great enthusiasm and the denis. he was going through his own time of morning but having run a campaign in the last month built around that idea, i can reach that common ground. obama call them in and says we really need this. would you help build support for this deal that will have the support of the business community,. delaware of the interesting phenomenon. at the same time, we had an announcement today by simpson bowles both to buy selected a $5 billion in business support for going aggressively
that means john boehner falling on the grenade. you could do that but when you have eric cantor and kevin mccarthy eager to reach underbelly and pull the pans on that grenade, and it's a little -- it makes it a little bit harder. you will not have a unified leadership to support this. bush took me most about statements on election lee -- election eve is what barack obama said. i want to sit down with mitt romney to see how we can work together to find that common ground. my guess is that mitt...
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we will start with harry reid and move on to john boehner. [video clip] >> they are tired of partisan gridlock. i have one goal, to be obama. obama was reelected overwhelmingly. republicans want us to work together. democrats want us to work together. they want to reach a balanced approach to everything, but especially the situation we have with the huge deficit. taxes are a part of that. >> the american people have spoken. they have reelected president obama, and every elected a republican majority. if there was a mandate, it is a mandate for us to find a way to work together on the solutions to the challenges we all face as a nation. my message today is not one of confrontation, but one of conviction. mr. president, this is your moment. we are ready to be led. not as democrats or republicans, but as americans. we want you to lead as president of the united states of america. we want you to succeed. let's challenge ourselves to find the common ground that has eluded us. let's do the right thing together for our country. host: ron, you are up
we will start with harry reid and move on to john boehner. [video clip] >> they are tired of partisan gridlock. i have one goal, to be obama. obama was reelected overwhelmingly. republicans want us to work together. democrats want us to work together. they want to reach a balanced approach to everything, but especially the situation we have with the huge deficit. taxes are a part of that. >> the american people have spoken. they have reelected president obama, and every elected a...
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speaker boehner's proposal is not balanced. will not protect the middle class because it can't pass the senate. and it doesn't do anything. his so-called plan b is allowing people who make up to $1 million to not pay more. we believe people making less than $250,000 shouldn't have to bear the burden of all these huge problems we have fiscally. we should be focusing our energy on forging a large-scale balanced approach to deficit reduction, but if republicans choose to walk away again, again, the senate bill is the only plan that will protect the middle-class families from a tax hike on january 1. >> the recent tragedy, what gun control measures would you support going forward? >> i have given statements on this before. i watched every word and i watched the prayers, i watched everything that took place in connecticut sunday night. no one can erase evil but we need to accept the reality that we're not doing enough to protect our citizens. i'm very happy that the president's going to do everything he can administratively. we must
speaker boehner's proposal is not balanced. will not protect the middle class because it can't pass the senate. and it doesn't do anything. his so-called plan b is allowing people who make up to $1 million to not pay more. we believe people making less than $250,000 shouldn't have to bear the burden of all these huge problems we have fiscally. we should be focusing our energy on forging a large-scale balanced approach to deficit reduction, but if republicans choose to walk away again, again,...
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boehner's tone was good. when you look inside and say, we can rely on dynamic scoring, when you begin to dissect that, it has some problems. i am hopeful that with the business community's help, and with the president paz's leadership, we can bring the republicans around. >> we talked about [indiscernible] 3 numbers [indiscernible] do you have a strategy for trying to pass the middle class tax [indiscernible] are you trying to do that [indiscernible] the tax issue, and are you going to [indiscernible] >> the general thrust of your question. i think most of our colleagues say the senate needs to be fixed, that there is something wrong with it. there will be a lot of discussions about that over the next few weeks. i will not comment on specifics until we have those discussions. it needs to be done not just for one particular issue, but in general, to get the senate working better. >> [indiscernible] >> any agreement, because we have to pass things in the house and senate, passed the bar partisan -- has to be bi
boehner's tone was good. when you look inside and say, we can rely on dynamic scoring, when you begin to dissect that, it has some problems. i am hopeful that with the business community's help, and with the president paz's leadership, we can bring the republicans around. >> we talked about [indiscernible] 3 numbers [indiscernible] do you have a strategy for trying to pass the middle class tax [indiscernible] are you trying to do that [indiscernible] the tax issue, and are you going to...
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the second point on what boehner said. the best way to cut spending is benefits are cut and therefore spending will go down automatically. the republican reaction would be almost instainsly negative. we're a day and a half after the election and the fiscal cliff is six weeks away. i'm curious whether anybody here thinks this is going to be settled before christmas? >> unless we have a temporary agreement that pushes them into next year. >> are you saying we will or we need to in order to get our mind right? >> both. i don't agree with that. let me say in terms of the pieces, i see it a little differently. i think the treasury is the best estimates and they're always more pest mystic as you pointed out is that the treasury runs out of borrowing authority in february. i think that means that they run out of borrowing authority in the same way they did in may of 2011 which really means they can go to extraordinary movements within accounts and get another eight weeks worth of time. so instead of february, instead of the end o
the second point on what boehner said. the best way to cut spending is benefits are cut and therefore spending will go down automatically. the republican reaction would be almost instainsly negative. we're a day and a half after the election and the fiscal cliff is six weeks away. i'm curious whether anybody here thinks this is going to be settled before christmas? >> unless we have a temporary agreement that pushes them into next year. >> are you saying we will or we need to in...
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i think you are going to see john boehner -- he knows what needs to be done. if necessary, he will sacrifice being reelected speaker the next time around to do the right thing. i think he and the president can get together and the president's will give on entitlements. john boehner will give on taxes, in the sense that rates will come down but there will be enough left over from doing away with loopholes that you have six months. the senate is where it is all going to start. you'll see the top leadership come together with the framework. the candid the framework together. that has to be initiated in the house. i think that will be the framework. that can be where folks can rally around. you are going to have to set a framework within the lame duck session. you cannot go to the end of the year because it will start to smell. it takes some time to be able to get it right. you have to do corporate and personal factors together. it will just take a while to go through it. whether the fourth of july or the august recess, there have to be deadlines like that. i am a
i think you are going to see john boehner -- he knows what needs to be done. if necessary, he will sacrifice being reelected speaker the next time around to do the right thing. i think he and the president can get together and the president's will give on entitlements. john boehner will give on taxes, in the sense that rates will come down but there will be enough left over from doing away with loopholes that you have six months. the senate is where it is all going to start. you'll see the top...
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i cannot predict how the republicans will be john boehner. if the democrats picked up a lot of seats, he could be in trouble. >> i think he is going to be fun. >> -- fine. >> are you convinced policy is going to seek reelection? >> i did not know. i do not know. if the democrats close this gap substantially, my guess is she does try to stay around. if democrats did not pick up many seats, there probably would be a lot of interest in such a democrat -- inside the democratic caucus. she has turned out to be the right leader. the republicans made her an issue in the 2010 election. she has been exactly the right person in 2012. she is a great fundraiser, she is enthusiastic. it was the right decision for her to say, the caucus will have to make the decision after the 2012 election. how this thing turns up. -- out. >> i am with at&t. we know each other. i have a question which is the vice presidential sweepstakes. do vp picks matter? the think it will matter in this election? >> let tom start on that. >> i think it matters. the old rule is first d
i cannot predict how the republicans will be john boehner. if the democrats picked up a lot of seats, he could be in trouble. >> i think he is going to be fun. >> -- fine. >> are you convinced policy is going to seek reelection? >> i did not know. i do not know. if the democrats close this gap substantially, my guess is she does try to stay around. if democrats did not pick up many seats, there probably would be a lot of interest in such a democrat -- inside the...
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next john boehner and nancy pell low si on the so called fiscal clive. >> writers institute, i think the writers institute is something that is very important in the culture. we are a culture of words, of voices. words are key to our imagination and capacity to envision things. we ourselves are not completely tied to print on the page but i think that there is no other art form so ready accessible, other than film which we work with too. it cap chures the human spirit. >> this weekend join book tv as we look tpwhrind scenes at the history of new york capital city, albany saturday at noon eastern on book tv and on c-span2 >> house r house speaker told reporters the white house has wasted another week on negotiations over the fiscal cliff. >> this isn't a progress report because there is no progress to report. when it comes to the fiscal cliff that is threatening our economy and jobs the white house has wasted another week. secretary geithner came here to offer a plan that had twice the tax hikes that the president campaigned on and had more stimulus spending than in cuts. and an indef
next john boehner and nancy pell low si on the so called fiscal clive. >> writers institute, i think the writers institute is something that is very important in the culture. we are a culture of words, of voices. words are key to our imagination and capacity to envision things. we ourselves are not completely tied to print on the page but i think that there is no other art form so ready accessible, other than film which we work with too. it cap chures the human spirit. >> this...
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so let boehner be boehner. host: the tax code, changes to the overall tax code next year. how likely is that? guest: i think it's likely. it won't be immediate. you want to get it right as you possibly can but that's a leverage point for john boehner. latestot focus on the rates, we know there are all these other areas where we can begin to grab revenue and pull it back into the government. and i think that's going to give him some leverage but he's going to need that leverage going into this and not be second guessed. host: our first call is from maryland but i want to put this on the table. is michael steele interested in running for governor in 2014? guest: i don't know. i love my state. it's where i was born and i'm not happy with what i see there. a lot of frustration. we've had a lot of spending in the state and a lot of tax increases and i think people are looking for something that is going to be a little different. it's a tough state and -- host: tough state for a republican? guest: tough state for a republican and it's one of those opportunities you have to look
so let boehner be boehner. host: the tax code, changes to the overall tax code next year. how likely is that? guest: i think it's likely. it won't be immediate. you want to get it right as you possibly can but that's a leverage point for john boehner. latestot focus on the rates, we know there are all these other areas where we can begin to grab revenue and pull it back into the government. and i think that's going to give him some leverage but he's going to need that leverage going into this...
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before hand, speaker boehner had a hard time getting some of his more conservative members to buy in to certain concrete hiatt -- compromises. going forward, we will have to see if the tea party conservatives will seem to have the same support. the president now has the upper hand and when he talks to speaker boehner he will have to take that message back and he gets a little bit more behind him. >> week and a shop with a meeting between the leaders and the white house. what is the dynamic? >> it will be very interesting to see. hopefully we will hear from them exactly what their conversation was with the president. it is unlikely that we're going to see a detailed agreement on specific issues. are we going to hear about tax breaks or how entitlement reform is going to happen in the deal? on not sure. these figures are going to be out there. they're all going to be scrambling to set the tone in the way that they want to set it. of they will have discussions like the democratic leaders also say let these are the areas where we made clear to republican leaders where we are not going to
before hand, speaker boehner had a hard time getting some of his more conservative members to buy in to certain concrete hiatt -- compromises. going forward, we will have to see if the tea party conservatives will seem to have the same support. the president now has the upper hand and when he talks to speaker boehner he will have to take that message back and he gets a little bit more behind him. >> week and a shop with a meeting between the leaders and the white house. what is the...
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>> speaker boehner does not need 100 republicans to get a deal. as we start with the debt ceiling fight, he might be able to get the deal done with democratic votes. he also might lose his efficient because of it. you are mr. politics. do you think he is willing to put his speakership up for being torpedoed to make a grand bargain? >> his speakership is in trouble anyway. if he is going to lose it, he might as well lose its for something that is good for the country. we just got through the bite -- got through the redistricting process. for the remainder of this decade at least, it would not be a surprise if the republicans maintained control going forward. i think he has some space to move that he has not yet publicly acknowledged he has. he does not have to acknowledge it publicly. he just has to do the right thing. >> i have fast so many questions that we are running out of time for questions and answers -- i have asked so many questions that we are running out of time for questions and answers. the c-span audience can ask questions on twitter
>> speaker boehner does not need 100 republicans to get a deal. as we start with the debt ceiling fight, he might be able to get the deal done with democratic votes. he also might lose his efficient because of it. you are mr. politics. do you think he is willing to put his speakership up for being torpedoed to make a grand bargain? >> his speakership is in trouble anyway. if he is going to lose it, he might as well lose its for something that is good for the country. we just got...
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the aides to boehner and obama are still there. there are times the though even this week that it will get frustrated and stop talking to each other. i'm not sure if they're talking today or taking the day off. obama said yesterday that this could get done in about a week. i think he might be right. republicans see the writing on the wall when it comes to tax increases. what they're interested in now is making sure they get spending cuts to go along with the tax increases. when obama put his additional offer, he said $1.60 trillion in tax increases and we will delay the spending cuts until next year. that was the initial offer. republicans want to make sure that the spending cuts go up and become more immediate. considering that obama has been open to spending cuts in previous negotiations and says he is open to it now and republicans have changed from where they were a year ago when it comes to tax increases, i think it will not take too much to get their, although there are still obstacles. host: the $1.60 trillion and $800 billi
the aides to boehner and obama are still there. there are times the though even this week that it will get frustrated and stop talking to each other. i'm not sure if they're talking today or taking the day off. obama said yesterday that this could get done in about a week. i think he might be right. republicans see the writing on the wall when it comes to tax increases. what they're interested in now is making sure they get spending cuts to go along with the tax increases. when obama put his...
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all i heard from john boehner, more of the same. these people want to do the same thing. they want to do the same thing. last night, the country decided to move in another direction. the majority of the people voted for barack obama because we are not going back, we're going to move forward. all of the people who said they want their country back, it was never your country. it is our country. everybody should have a decent job and a decent place to live. if america is supposed to be the shining star, everybody in the country -- we voted for barack obama. >> next, we go to dorothy on our republican line. caller: congratulations to president obama. i guess america voted and this is what she wants, this is what you get. taxes going up, the bush tax is going away, cutting the coal power plants, people are going to get hammered and then you are going to regret what happened last night. >> georgia is next, ray what you think of john boehner and his comments? caller: i appreciate you taking my call. these people that we sent to congress, republicans and democrats, seem to belong
all i heard from john boehner, more of the same. these people want to do the same thing. they want to do the same thing. last night, the country decided to move in another direction. the majority of the people voted for barack obama because we are not going back, we're going to move forward. all of the people who said they want their country back, it was never your country. it is our country. everybody should have a decent job and a decent place to live. if america is supposed to be the shining...
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john boehner is also crazy. none of them have any inkling, let alone a loyalty or fidelity, toward what would be good toward the american people. it is all about them. obama is going to retire in four years. he is looking at making millions of dollars on a speech circuit after that. john boehner is going to become a lobbyist. none of them care. host: we are going to leave it there. we have some items from . a couple of folks up in weighing in on facebook. -- a couple of folks have been weighing in on facebook. back to the telephones. ruth on the line for democrats. caller: they talk about the fiscal clef, but they are not really interested in fiske's -- fixing the fiscal cliff. there are interested in their own party. they have been against the president from the beginning, so they are not going to change anything. they do not want to help america. what people are they for? the people have spoken, but they do not ever listen to the people. what people are the working for? host: james in new york as a deadline fo
john boehner is also crazy. none of them have any inkling, let alone a loyalty or fidelity, toward what would be good toward the american people. it is all about them. obama is going to retire in four years. he is looking at making millions of dollars on a speech circuit after that. john boehner is going to become a lobbyist. none of them care. host: we are going to leave it there. we have some items from . a couple of folks up in weighing in on facebook. -- a couple of folks have been weighing...
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john boehner is back in his ohio congressional district. they did meet last night for about 50 minutes. it is friday, december 14. we are going to begin with your calls and our focus on ambassador susan rice. her decision to take her name out of consideration. what does this tell you about washington politics? take a look at some of the headlines this friday morning beginning with "the l.a. times." from "the chicago tribune." let's dig into the details of what is behind the decision in an editorial this morning in the "the washington post." here is more from the interview that aired last night. [video clip] >> there was one piece of what i said that turned out to be wrong. there was not a demonstration. what i said was, there were extremists who came to our facility with heavy weapons. i indicated when asked if they could be al qaeda or allocated affiliates or libyan affiliates. and then they attacked and a violent fashion. host: on the front page this morning. let's get to your phone calls and your reaction and what this means for the pres
john boehner is back in his ohio congressional district. they did meet last night for about 50 minutes. it is friday, december 14. we are going to begin with your calls and our focus on ambassador susan rice. her decision to take her name out of consideration. what does this tell you about washington politics? take a look at some of the headlines this friday morning beginning with "the l.a. times." from "the chicago tribune." let's dig into the details of what is behind the...
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he has not heard a word from boehner. yes. >> [inaudible] >> yes, we have a just what will yre's e heatsenator on your waiu death. >> why was he wrong to do that? >> they have done a wonderful job advocating for that. we're trying to come up with something to stimulate the economy. the president took that away from us when he recommended and advocated that we continue all of the tax cuts. that came up in an entirely different context from now. everyone should understand that boehner's proposal will not pass the senate. >> what about as a last chance? >> not even as a last chance. we are not going there. that would be so unfair. it does nothing to address the problems we have in this country with the debt. without doubt was the republicans number one thing, to do something about the debt. >> [inaudible] >> the question is, if you send it over, will we amend it? the plan b is how i told you. there are different ways we can move forward. thank you, everybody. >> minority leader mitch mcconnell and other republicans give thei
he has not heard a word from boehner. yes. >> [inaudible] >> yes, we have a just what will yre's e heatsenator on your waiu death. >> why was he wrong to do that? >> they have done a wonderful job advocating for that. we're trying to come up with something to stimulate the economy. the president took that away from us when he recommended and advocated that we continue all of the tax cuts. that came up in an entirely different context from now. everyone should understand...
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john boehner and the republican house majority leader eric cantor. i tweeted last night quiet late saying the republicans are going to gang up on john boehner. there is an article in the new york times showing they feel he is dragging his feet and waiting until january 3. i also understand that the chairman of the government oversight and reform committee darrell issa, which is from our district here, is holding up the vote on the women against violence act also, which involves the illegals, native americans, and lgbt. this is a coal in the christmas stocking for women who helped to get president obama reelected, and is an attack on medicaid for women that have children, and seniors and -- host: we will leave it there. thanks for calling. olean is in tennessee, republican -- leeann. caller: we need to have more cuts. look at all the thousands obama has put on the payroll. we have 109 million government workers. 49 million people on food stamps whole. them with a free cell phone that has been given to them. if he cannot find any place to cut anything,
john boehner and the republican house majority leader eric cantor. i tweeted last night quiet late saying the republicans are going to gang up on john boehner. there is an article in the new york times showing they feel he is dragging his feet and waiting until january 3. i also understand that the chairman of the government oversight and reform committee darrell issa, which is from our district here, is holding up the vote on the women against violence act also, which involves the illegals,...
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and boehner. boehner is having trouble finding help from his leadership as to what to do. the american people are suffering. sorry, claire mccaskill said. leader has to make a decision on whether to say the speakership. >> how about the president's fiscal cliff plan, the white house plan? is he planning on putting it up for adoption question mark -- adoption? >> i'm sorry? >> will be put up for a vote? the white house's plan? >> i have no idea what you are talking about. >> the debt limit and -- >> what else? >>1.6 trillion was the total. >> leader mcconnell offered to the floor at the senate -- will you be doing that? >> they have to be careful -- i have to be careful. >> [inaudible] >> our coverage of the fiscal negotiations will continue in a minute. over the past few months, you can buy fiscal cliff talks by going to c-span.org and clicking on the link. -- you can read more about the fiscal cliff talks by going to c-span.org and clicking on the link. we will year from representative john larson on the fiscal cliff negotiations. after that, we will hear from stephen ohl
and boehner. boehner is having trouble finding help from his leadership as to what to do. the american people are suffering. sorry, claire mccaskill said. leader has to make a decision on whether to say the speakership. >> how about the president's fiscal cliff plan, the white house plan? is he planning on putting it up for adoption question mark -- adoption? >> i'm sorry? >> will be put up for a vote? the white house's plan? >> i have no idea what you are talking about....
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>> john boehner. eric cantor tends to raise and give money out. it is an interesting distinction of the two. mccarthy is very good. you have to be good at this game. alan west, a freshman. >> with cantor, it is putting in the time. constantly. >> you need to be personable. these are people who are cutting checks. they can donate $50,000. you are asking for $50,000 with little return. that is a lot of money to hand over to someone you may not see again. you need to be personable. you need to put in the time. you need to be willing to be away from your family on the weekends. >> he is the author of a book called "young guns." are they still the three amigos? >> paul ryan is very interested in the budget staff. less political, but interested in policy. there is a young gun super pac. there is a cantor brand attached to it. there are two eric cantor people running it. they have all donated to it, i think. they too have all given money to the super pac. >> what about the speakers? there is also a speaker's pac. "politico" had an interesting story. how
>> john boehner. eric cantor tends to raise and give money out. it is an interesting distinction of the two. mccarthy is very good. you have to be good at this game. alan west, a freshman. >> with cantor, it is putting in the time. constantly. >> you need to be personable. these are people who are cutting checks. they can donate $50,000. you are asking for $50,000 with little return. that is a lot of money to hand over to someone you may not see again. you need to be...
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boehner has saidn the pledge to america that's what you wanted to do. now, you keep parcing your words. the president'plan is the bill that passed the senate just a few hours ago yesterday. that's the president's plan, i tell my friend. and if in fact mr. boehner's words are to be as something other than that, he says if our democratic colleagues want to offer the president's plan in the senate -- now, obviously we can't offer that plan in the senate. we're house members. so my presumption is, mr. leader, that that means if we want to offer the senate plan, which is now the president's plan, i tell my friend, we're more than happy to give them a vote. i hope that's accurate. i hope that can have a full and open debate on that issue but i hope that the republicans' side of the aisle, mr. speaker, does not choose the amendment that we are to offer. let us choose it. and i hope we could clarify that so that we would know and the american people would know that we have a plan now passed by the senate. and we have a plan also that was defeated in the united
boehner has saidn the pledge to america that's what you wanted to do. now, you keep parcing your words. the president'plan is the bill that passed the senate just a few hours ago yesterday. that's the president's plan, i tell my friend. and if in fact mr. boehner's words are to be as something other than that, he says if our democratic colleagues want to offer the president's plan in the senate -- now, obviously we can't offer that plan in the senate. we're house members. so my presumption is,...
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boehner would have merlot and the president would be chewing nicorette gum. and they had ice tea for the president. and boehner would have his cigarette. they put the cigarette away for the picture. they haven't closed the deal only the personal relations. that's a shame. somebody, instead of sponsoring your breakfast and all, you should sponsor a weekly dinner between obama and boehner and everyone would agree to pay for it and let them just talk and get to know each other and -- it's -- oh, john. that's right. what do you think? >> i think that's a great idea. would bank of america pay for it? [laughter] a special room. you mow, but i think personal relationships. when john was the f.b.i. spokesman, he was often not helpful, but you could always talk to him and get him on the phone. if you had a good story, he would confirm it by laughing. a deep laugh meant you were on the right track. no laughter meant no. >> now, it looks like the tide is very much going against republicans. do you agree with that? >> well, no. i think in the short political terms, yes.
boehner would have merlot and the president would be chewing nicorette gum. and they had ice tea for the president. and boehner would have his cigarette. they put the cigarette away for the picture. they haven't closed the deal only the personal relations. that's a shame. somebody, instead of sponsoring your breakfast and all, you should sponsor a weekly dinner between obama and boehner and everyone would agree to pay for it and let them just talk and get to know each other and -- it's -- oh,...
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[laughter] [applause] unfortunately, the speaker of the house john boehner is not. apparently yours are not the only invitations he declines. afraid someone will ask him to pass the salt and he won't have the votes. eric cantor cannot be here he is at the gym working out his gavel arm. this feud fascinates me. it started during the debt ceiling negotiations when they could not agree on the wording of the ransom note. it went down from there. interesting thing fact about speaker boehner, the reason he smokes so many cigarettes is his tears keep putting them out. [laughter] nancy pelosi is not here but her lipstick is. it is on my glass from last year. she believes in lipstick the same way as government. too much is never enough. jake tapper also wrote that one. i have to say i have been having a lot of fun and washington. it is a great city with history and monuments. i was at the lincoln memorial last night. i was standing there saying, back in the 1960's on the spot, forest gump reunited with jenny. [laughter] the people are interesting, too. it is fun to have conv
[laughter] [applause] unfortunately, the speaker of the house john boehner is not. apparently yours are not the only invitations he declines. afraid someone will ask him to pass the salt and he won't have the votes. eric cantor cannot be here he is at the gym working out his gavel arm. this feud fascinates me. it started during the debt ceiling negotiations when they could not agree on the wording of the ransom note. it went down from there. interesting thing fact about speaker boehner, the...
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outline the president's proposal and speaker boehner's proposal. how can we get people employed and move our economy forward? >> i apologize. there will be a fair amount of numbers here. the president's tax revenue proposal amounts to about $1.6 trillion over a 10-year period. that is from higher tax rates. roughly 600 billion are from some kind of tax reform. they are all reasonably good proposals. speaker boehner's proposal on revenue -- is roughly $800 billion in tax reform. we are about $800 billion apart on taxes. my view is that we should roughly split the difference. i would suggest $1.4 trillion in tax revenue. $700 billion would come through tax reform. we can discuss what that might look like. $700 billion would come from higher tax rates. the president would scale back one trillion dollars. we can talk about that. on the spending side -- does 600,000 -- speaker boehner has come forward with some proposals. i'm not quite clear on how much the spending cuts he has proposed. the president's proposal is short. to get to where we need to go,
outline the president's proposal and speaker boehner's proposal. how can we get people employed and move our economy forward? >> i apologize. there will be a fair amount of numbers here. the president's tax revenue proposal amounts to about $1.6 trillion over a 10-year period. that is from higher tax rates. roughly 600 billion are from some kind of tax reform. they are all reasonably good proposals. speaker boehner's proposal on revenue -- is roughly $800 billion in tax reform. we are...
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will this cost john boehner his -- more than the leadership of john boehner? will this cost john brennan his speakership? guest: boehner said the members were not angry with him. they were not showing dissatisfaction with him. one of the other things about that was that standing next to him at the press conference was eric cantor. that was a clear sign that these guys are tied together and eric cantor is not ready to unseat john brennan. there was a lot of symbolism in that press conference. -- ready to unseat john boehner. if he goes back and stars to negotiate with president obama and tries to bring back the deal at this conference cannot accept again, the danger to him does arise. from what i was told thursday night, he gave a well-received speech to the conference. he said, i did not have the votes. his speech was well-received by them. he is well liked by those members. as of right now, he is not in in any immediate danger right now. depending on -- he is not in any immediate danger right now. host: will call on our line for independents. caller: i have h
will this cost john boehner his -- more than the leadership of john boehner? will this cost john brennan his speakership? guest: boehner said the members were not angry with him. they were not showing dissatisfaction with him. one of the other things about that was that standing next to him at the press conference was eric cantor. that was a clear sign that these guys are tied together and eric cantor is not ready to unseat john brennan. there was a lot of symbolism in that press conference. --...
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that was what speaker boehner said this morning. what we're doing, today is calling upon the speaker to put something on the floor of the house that can pass the house. that gets the number of votes necessary on a bipartisan basis. so he should bring a compromise, bipartisan bill too to the floor of the house and let the house work its will. the house said no to speaker boehner's plan b, it is time for the house to say yes to a balanced, compromise bill. at the very least the speaker should take up the bill that the senate has passed on a bipartisan basis. there is nothing stopping the speaker from taking up that bill this afternoon or tomorrow or any day. nothing. nothing this in the law, nothing in the rules of the house. if he takes it up he will allow the house to work its will on that particular bill. so we call upon the speaker to allow the house to work its will as it did last night to say no to plan b. this house will say yes, we believe to a bipartisan compromise bill and we believe it will say yes to the senate-passed bill
that was what speaker boehner said this morning. what we're doing, today is calling upon the speaker to put something on the floor of the house that can pass the house. that gets the number of votes necessary on a bipartisan basis. so he should bring a compromise, bipartisan bill too to the floor of the house and let the house work its will. the house said no to speaker boehner's plan b, it is time for the house to say yes to a balanced, compromise bill. at the very least the speaker should...
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speaker boehner are is going to have to except the split. there is no way he can get them all to vote for a deal. >> mitch mcconnell could be in the middle. >> what is governor romney wins the presidency than a? >> i think if he wins, they do call the whole thing off. it is very hard to argue that he does not deserve the right to have his own budget. you will do that and the first few months of 2013. it is hard to imagine a bunch of democrats and president obama falling on their swords for something of the new president could just reverse. >> speaking of budgets -- what is this book? >> inside the high-stakes politics of the federal budget. a book that people who note that the budget and the deficit are important but have never managed to read on this subject. >> thank you. >> tomorrow on "washington journal and" we will preview the final debate on foreign policy with jonathan tepperman. then we will hold a roundtable discussion on competitive the u.s. house and senate races from across the country. our guests are jennifer duffy and david wa
speaker boehner are is going to have to except the split. there is no way he can get them all to vote for a deal. >> mitch mcconnell could be in the middle. >> what is governor romney wins the presidency than a? >> i think if he wins, they do call the whole thing off. it is very hard to argue that he does not deserve the right to have his own budget. you will do that and the first few months of 2013. it is hard to imagine a bunch of democrats and president obama falling on...
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there are two questions with john boehner -- is he temperamentally willing to go and legislate? but especially if he gets major concessions from the president? i think it might get the answer is yes. that leads to the second question -- can he bring his caucus along? a couple of the leading tea party members of the house republican majority were defeated, but that caucus is still as conservative as it was before last night. i don't know the answer, but we have issues that could really divide us -- emigration, where the president is going to move ahead very quickly. i say that 10 to one deal every republican candidate said they would not accept it, it may be four to one, but it will be a deal where republicans get 80 percent of what they want. can they say yes to 80%? the final one is the supreme court. what happens if justice scalia or justice kennedy retire? let's see what happens even if there is a mainstream nominee or what if president obama names the first asian american justice to the supreme court? what will the republicans do in that case? i wish i could give you the ans
there are two questions with john boehner -- is he temperamentally willing to go and legislate? but especially if he gets major concessions from the president? i think it might get the answer is yes. that leads to the second question -- can he bring his caucus along? a couple of the leading tea party members of the house republican majority were defeated, but that caucus is still as conservative as it was before last night. i don't know the answer, but we have issues that could really divide us...
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the president was waiting for a call from boehner. boehner would not call him back. he said he was trying to work out a deal with the leaders. the next day, the president calls the congressional leaders to the white house and saturday morning, 11:00 a.m., the congressional leaders asked him to lead the meeting -- leave the meeting. the president said he was not going to stand on protocol as they tried to work a deal at the white house. it work for a while. harry reid backed away from the congressional deal and joined forces with the president. it is in the details that the decisions and the negotiations hung. host: lydia from illinois. go ahead. lydia, are you there? go ahead. caller: good morning. it was noted that reporters -- i think that's what you're doing. it is out there. newt gingrich devised the strategy of transforming the house as a way to drive the national agenda. it was outlined in a book in 2009 when newt gingrich was part of a group that met and devise a process to obstruct. mr. boehner was one of the key lieutenants. his following the process. i'm wa
the president was waiting for a call from boehner. boehner would not call him back. he said he was trying to work out a deal with the leaders. the next day, the president calls the congressional leaders to the white house and saturday morning, 11:00 a.m., the congressional leaders asked him to lead the meeting -- leave the meeting. the president said he was not going to stand on protocol as they tried to work a deal at the white house. it work for a while. harry reid backed away from the...
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i think speaker boehner is doing a wonderful job. when he talked yesterday about the fiscal cliff it was trying to stop him and boehner had a uphill bat because he was dealing with the tea party. those are who are giving the problems and they need to 2014 these people need to come out of office so the republican party can get back to their values and doing the thins they need to do. but the tea party is stopping this african-american president period. host: you can continue the conversation online and tomorrow on washington journal. we'll be talking about this 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can send us your tweets and check out what others have to say at cspan.org/fiscal cliff. the news of the evening the house is out until past christmas and that's because they pulled the plan b fiscal cliff bill and speaker boehner saying he did not have the support to pass that bill. up next we will bring you some of the floor debate on the bill that did pass, the bill that did pass and replaces the spending cuts from other agencies. >> and by every small
i think speaker boehner is doing a wonderful job. when he talked yesterday about the fiscal cliff it was trying to stop him and boehner had a uphill bat because he was dealing with the tea party. those are who are giving the problems and they need to 2014 these people need to come out of office so the republican party can get back to their values and doing the thins they need to do. but the tea party is stopping this african-american president period. host: you can continue the conversation...
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this morning, speaker boehner said the following. the house did not take up the tax bill last night because we did not have the votes to pass it. it is not the outcome of wanted. the was the will of the house. that is what speaker banner said from this podium this morning. what we are doing today is calling upon the speaker to put something on the floor of the house that can pass the house. it should be a bipartisan bill, onto the floor of the house, and let the house worked its will. the house has said no to speaker boehner's plan b. it is time to say yes to a balanced, compromised bill. at the very least, the speaker should take up the bill the senate has already passed on a bipartisan basis, so we can do that right away. there is nothing to stop the speaker from taking up that bill tomorrow or any day. nothing in the law. nothing in the rules of the house. if he takes it up, he will allow the house to work its will on that particular bill. we call upon the speaker to allow the house to work its will, as it did last night in saying
this morning, speaker boehner said the following. the house did not take up the tax bill last night because we did not have the votes to pass it. it is not the outcome of wanted. the was the will of the house. that is what speaker banner said from this podium this morning. what we are doing today is calling upon the speaker to put something on the floor of the house that can pass the house. it should be a bipartisan bill, onto the floor of the house, and let the house worked its will. the house...
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in terms of speaker boehner, i give him credit personally. he came to the table and was willing to work on revenues and i give him credit for that and i always will. there are two things that are just wrong -- his account of what happens is just wrong. this goes to the conversation you had with nancy pelosi -- what was going on there is that president obama was coming to the leadership and giving them hard truths and saying this is the deal we will have to take. on the republican side, i don't think speaker boehenr was able to do that and every single time we got close, they just walked away. have you ever heard of a negotiation where one side makes an offer and the other side back.getcalls i always say i would never want to date these guys. they never call and said they want to see other people. they just don't come back twice in a row. you don't have to be balanced on that. it is an indisputable fact that president obama said to john boehner here is an agreement and i believe we can do better. if you cannot do that, let's come back and figu
in terms of speaker boehner, i give him credit personally. he came to the table and was willing to work on revenues and i give him credit for that and i always will. there are two things that are just wrong -- his account of what happens is just wrong. this goes to the conversation you had with nancy pelosi -- what was going on there is that president obama was coming to the leadership and giving them hard truths and saying this is the deal we will have to take. on the republican side, i don't...
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>host: >> next, president obama and john boehner talk about the fiscal cliff. after that, the white house press briefing with jay carney. >> president obama says that tuesday's elections show that most americans agree with the deficit reduction plan. the president has invited presidential leaders to discuss the deficit and warned about the potential effects of the fiscal cliff. that is this series of tax increases and budget cuts that take effect in january if congress does not act. the president addressed an audience from the white house east room. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president and the vice president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. everybody, please have a seat. thank you. good afternoon, everybody. now that those of us on the campaign trail have had a chance to get a little sleep, it is time to get back to work, and th
>host: >> next, president obama and john boehner talk about the fiscal cliff. after that, the white house press briefing with jay carney. >> president obama says that tuesday's elections show that most americans agree with the deficit reduction plan. the president has invited presidential leaders to discuss the deficit and warned about the potential effects of the fiscal cliff. that is this series of tax increases and budget cuts that take effect in january if congress does not...